Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Poor Liquidity: -1
Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Positive trading contribution: +2;Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 7

EXETER PHOENIX LTD

Provides space and resources for a wide range of arts-based events and activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £160,380 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£2,112	£2,271	£-159	£1,211	£411	£-160	-0.8	67	145
31/03/22		£1,844	£1,820	£24	£883	£570	£-77	-0.5	60	95
31/03/21	*	£1,231	£1,078	£153	£396	£546	£-209	-2.3	25	60
31/03/20	*	£1,606	£1,791	£-185	£657	£393	£-430	-2.9	30	151
31/03/19	*	£1,844	£1,748	£96	£629	£578	£-353	-2.4	32	70
31/03/18		£1,545	£1,676	£-131	£619	£483	£-325	-2.3	33	0
31/03/17		£1,487	£1,583	£-96	£570	£614	£-271	-2.1	28	0
31/03/16	*	£1,670	£1,432	£238	£526	£710	£-256	-2.1	27	0
31/03/15	*	£1,302	£1,453	£-151	£541	£472	£-253	-2.1	27	0
31/03/14	*	£1,402	£1,483	£-81	£544	£623	£-193	-1.6	27	0
31/03/13	*	£1,297	£1,396	£-98	£513	£704	£-202	-1.7	25	0
31/03/12	*	£1,236	£1,346	£-110	£489	£802	£-185	-1.6	25	0
31/03/11	*	£1,288	£1,428	£-140	£3	£912	£-160	-1.3	25	0
31/03/10		£1,287	£1,439	£-152	£370	£1,052	£-106	-0.9	25	0
31/03/09	*	£1,196	£1,290	£-94	£303	£1,204	£-50	-0.5	25	0
31/03/08	*	£821	£821	£0	£182	£1,298	£-20	-0.3	25	0
31/03/07	*	£753	£786	£-34	£4	£1,415	£13	0.2	13	0
31/03/06	*	£719	£677	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£684	£723	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£656	£739	£-83	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 159.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 53.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -39%
Reserves/Spending: -0.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 40 years

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

admin@exeterphoenix.org.uk

01392667057

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Colleges and universities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

67 employees
145 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£511,071
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£41,625
National Lottery Community Fund	£17,647
Co-Operative Group	£1,841

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Exeter Phoenix
£1,841	21/10/2023	Bloom is our annual free community mental health festival, offering a range of educational and creative workshops to raise awareness of mental health issues and showcase art as a tool for healing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Exeter Phoenix Ltd.
£15,625	24/08/2023	Reels of Time
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Young and Animated
£8,597	04/08/2023	The funding will be used to deliver animation workshops culminating in a showcase event where young people will be provided with the opportunity to gain new creative skills in all aspects of ....more The funding will be used to deliver animation workshops culminating in a showcase event where young people will be provided with the opportunity to gain new creative skills in all aspects of animation providing them with positive structured things to do in their spare time during the summer holidays with the aim of raising self-esteem and aspirations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Eurovision @ ExeterPhoenix
£9,050	30/03/2023	This funding will be used to combine the local Pride and Eurovision celebrations into one event celebrating and supporting both the LGBTQ+ and Ukrainian communities. This project aims to provide an ....more This funding will be used to combine the local Pride and Eurovision celebrations into one event celebrating and supporting both the LGBTQ+ and Ukrainian communities. This project aims to provide an opportunity to engage local marginalised groups connecting them to their communities.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£95,000	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
DCMS - Exeter Phoenix
£128,038	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Exeter Phoenix
£192,022	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Exeter Phoenix
£96,011	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Exeter Phoenix
£26,000	05/02/2020	Recording and Distributing Oral Histories of Exeter's Cinema Heritage
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Exeter Phoenix Ltd
£4,625	19/11/2018	We want to provide training, development and support in the arts for young people with a focus on those from hard to reach backgrounds.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Exeter Phoenix Creative Work Hub
£10,000	04/01/2017 12	A creative community work hub will be created with the funding, by providing a refurbished office space for local people. This will create new opportunities for personal development and increase life ....more A creative community work hub will be created with the funding, by providing a refurbished office space for local people. This will create new opportunities for personal development and increase life chances in the community.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-58

DR SAWSAN KHURI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Innovation Specialist & Facilitator

BETHANY ADAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Consultant

RICHARD COBB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

SABINA SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

SHIRLEY BEBBINGTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lecturer

ANDREW JAMES DEAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Manager

COUNCILLOR LAURA CHARIS ADELAIDE WRIGHT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Music Educator, Other trusteeships: THE EXETER CANAL AND QUAY TRUST LIMITED, RAMM DEVELOPMENT TRUST,

HOWARD NOYE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Relationship Director

POLLY LOUISE MACPHERSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: University Professor, Other trusteeship: FAMILIA TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/09/1984, number: 290011
Registered at Companies House on 29/08/1984, number: 01844169

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 25 days late, AR20: 5 days late, AR19: 6 days late, AR16: 22 days late, AR15: 111 days late, AR14: 476 days late, AR13: 47 days late, AR12: 221 days late, AR11: 419 days late, AR09: 364 days late, AR08: 167 days late, AR07: 128 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 101 days late,

Main office

BRADNINCH PLACE
GANDY STREET
EXETER
DEVON
EX4 3LS

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MUSIC, SINGING,DANCE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, LITERATURE, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND HANDICRAFTS. (B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO EXETER AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EXETER AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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